• The Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway (S&WR) is a standard gauge railway which connects the towns of Shrewsbury and Welshpool. It opened in 1861 and the...
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    Welshpool railway station is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in Powys, mid-Wales. It was first opened in August 1860, but the current station was...
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    Welshpool (Welsh: Y Trallwng ) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is four miles (six...
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    The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) (Welsh: Rheilffordd y Trallwng a Llanfair Caereinion) is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway...
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    Shrewsbury railway station serves the town of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. Built in 1848, it was designated a grade II listed building in 1969....
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  • benefit. The railway connected to the emerging national network at Oswestry, but the later connection of the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway abstracted...
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    that served it (the Oswestry and Newtown Railway). A second line - the jointly operated Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway reached the station in January...
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  • place on the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway about 11 miles west of Shrewsbury. France succeeded in getting the West Shropshire Mineral Railway authorised...
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    Victoria railway station. This section, originally built by the Llanelly Railway and Dock Company to compete with the Great Western Railway and break the...
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    and Railway, 1864 Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, 1862 (jointly with GWR and West Midland Railway) Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway, 1864 (jointly with...
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    between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth may be called the Cambrian Main Line. The line is made up of: Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway between Shrewsbury and Buttington...
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  • The Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Light Railway was a railway running from Shrewsbury, England to Llanymynech, Wales, with a branch to Criggion. It was...
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    Railway (serving lead mines) 6+1⁄2 miles (10 km): built 1871 Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 9 miles (14 km): 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge: opened 4 April...
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    Westbury railway station was a station in Westbury, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1862 by the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway company...
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    Rheidol Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Cwm Rheidol) is a 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Ceredigion, Wales, between Aberystwyth and Devil's...
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  • Hereford Railway Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Railway Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway Tenbury Railway Vale of...
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    Shrewsbury (⫽ˈʃroʊzbəri⫽ SHROHZ-bər-ee, also ⫽ˈʃruːz-⫽ SHROOZ-) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England. It is sited...
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    The Shrewsbury–Chester line (Welsh: Llinell Amwythig-Caer) is a railway line between Chester and Shrewsbury in England, with the line passing through...
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    heritage railways were also part of the historical Cambrian Railways, or linked to it, including the Vale of Rheidol Railway, the Welshpool and Llanfair...
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  • Shrewsbury West railway station was a station in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1911 and closed in 1933. Railway Passenger...
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    to the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway at Oswestry, giving access to the national railway network. Next, the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway made a connection...
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    open, and in 1951 it became the first railway in the world to be preserved as a heritage railway by volunteers. Since preservation, the railway has operated...
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  • with Barmouth on the west coast. At Ruabon, the line connected with the Shrewsbury–Chester line (part of the GWR mainline from London Paddington to Birkenhead...
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    Highland Railway (WHR; Welsh: Rheilffordd Eryri) is a 25-mile (40.2 km) long, restored 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh...
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    trains from the Welsh Highland Railway Limited, including the interface with the Network Rail ERTMS signaller (in Shrewsbury) to clear the WHR route where...
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    Railway (SMR; Welsh: Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack-and-pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that...
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    the previous RETB system and an extended (dynamic) passing loop at Welshpool to permit running an hourly service from Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth in the future...
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  • The Fairbourne Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd y Friog) is a 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) gauge miniature railway running for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village of Fairbourne...
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    (Between Ashleigh Road and Blackpill stations the railway was crossed by the LM&SR Central Wales line from Swansea Victoria to Shrewsbury, at a point close...
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    Baschurch railway station was a minor station located approximately seven miles northwest of Shrewsbury on the GWR's Paddington to Birkenhead main line...
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